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- When an engineer is laid off, he decides to employ his talents manufacturing inventions in his basement, much to the dismay of his family and friends.
- Two sisters move into the mansion of a late relative who has willed them the place and her money on the condition they live there for five years. however, wanting the inheritance, the servants plot to do the two girls in.
- Pamela Blake, 15, is transitioning from tomboy to young woman. Her parents have difficulty accepting this, particularly her father Tom. Timmy is her best friend and Johnny is a boy she likes.
- F. Lee Baily hosted this short-lived (four months) interview program on ABC- TV. Similar in format to "Person to Person" on CBS in the 1950s, this series was executive-produced by David Susskind. John Aaron, who had created "Person to Person," started as producer of this series but was fired by Susskind after preparing just one episode. Susskind said he wanted harder- hitting interviews than Aaron was producing.
- A young doctor faces a decision: which of two deserving patients will be selected to receive the one replacement heart available?
- Performance of extracts from Shakespeare's plays.
- Musical/Variety with a country bent set in the fictional town of Harper Valley. The show was inspired by host Jeanne C. Riley's crossover hit song of the same name.
- TV variety special celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with song and comedy.
- The story focuses on a Dentist's attempts to get even with the man who placed him in jail, and married his sweetheart, Virginia Brush(the strawberry blonde)
- Catherine Sloper, very plain and very rich, is terrified that she's destined to live with her tyrannical father for a long, long time and die an old maid. Along comes dashing and suave Morris Townsend to sweep her off her feet.
- A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
- Dramatic show based on cases tried by lawyers of the Legal Aid Society of New York City.
- Musical retelling of the classic fairy tale, with score by Alec Wilder and William Engvick.
- This show heavily researched the subject and then presented the life and times of notorious people, e.g., Lucky Luciano, Dutch Schultz, Al Capone, John Dillinger, New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Ma Barker, et al. The Committee Members were all members of the New York Bar Association.
- Reenactments of famous Canadian and American jury trials
- The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, based upon the Robert Penn Warren-novel.
- Gene Kelly and Henry Winkler host this musical special celebrating the career of composer Richard Rodgers through clips and live performances.
- Based on the best-selling book, this movie focuses on John F. Kennedy's first run for a congressional seat in 1946.
- Jesse Gifford, a champion rodeo rider, receives crippling injuries in the ring, resulting in the ending of his career. After his wife Shirley deserts him, he's left with the responsibility of raising two young sons with no job and no prospects.
- Jack Shepherd is an ex-football star who has become a minister. The comedy revolves around his efforts to adjust to this new life given his quick temper and tendency to put his foot in his mouth.
- The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, he will no longer be allowed to practice medicine. The story unfolds through flashbacks which depict his career and his subsequent downfall.
- This is a complete version of The Three Musketeers. The focal point is the Musketeers efforts to save the King and Queen from the machinations of Cardinal Richelieu who wants to secretly be in control and his minions the spy Milady de Winter and his top swordsman agent Jusac de Rochefort.
- A college professor's well-ordered life is disrupted when his wife discovers he is having an affair with one of his students.
- A wealthy suburbanite's life changes drastically when her husband walks out on her and her children.
- Contestants race around a supermarket, collecting as high a dollar value in groceries as they can in their shopping cart within a specified time limit.
- Based on the book by Mary Carter"Tell Me My Name" is about a girl's visit to the woman who gave her up for adoption 19 years earlier. The adoption was a secret which now threatens to destroy the entire family.
- Jamie is an orphan who is shuttled from one uncaring home to another. He finally ends up in Aunt Laurie's house, where he meets kindred spirit Grandpa, who is ignored by everyone. The two of them become best friends and share one adventure after another.
- This movie was based on Quintin Reynolds' lawsuit against Westbrook Pegler. Pegler was a character assassin of the first order. Pegler claimed that Reynolds was a Communist and a coward. Reynolds defended himself, sued, and won big. Reynolds was exonerated and continued writing. Pegler, like most other people like him, eventually imploded.
- Filmed live each week, this program gave viewers a glimpse of drama and adventure from around the world and from the distant and not-so-distant past. Subjects of the weekly plays included the American wars, as well as conflicts of far-away countries, and were performed by a number of well-known stars of the time.
- The Hilliards are a middle class family whose lives are put in danger when escaped convict Glenn Griffin invades their home. Griffin is crazed, tormenting the Hilllards plus his meek brother Hank. Sadistic Robish is also present.
- Sam Garret plays brave TV cowboy star Jed Clayton but the problem is he's uncoordinated, scared of horses and has allergies. Wife Ruth, son Bobby, and neighbors the Gilmans like Sam as the average guy he is.
- Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past.
- The last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. was hosted by Frank Gallop, and featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, many of which were adapted from stories by famous authors like Conrad Aiken and Edgar Allan Poe.
- Romantic comedy concerns the hi-jinks involved in the remarriage of a high society girl.
- In post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.
- In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick. Forced to prove his sanity, he is taken to court where he must convince the judge and his friends that he actually is Santa Claus. The faith of one skeptical little girl (Susan Gordon) and a Christmas miracle are the keys to his true identity.
- Torey Peck is a twelve year old who's curiosity and impulsiveness often leads to trouble. Steve and Jennifer are her parents with Roger her brother. Trudy and Francesca are close friends.
- A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.
- Live dramas that were broadcast every other week. The show had covered both light and serious drama and featured both well-known and not so well-known actors and actresses.
- During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
- A 1968 made-for-television remake of the 1957 film, based on the disturbing 1956 Michael V. Gazzo play, as performed by members of The Actors' Studio on ABC (American Broadcasting Company) television.
- Agatha Christie mystery in which one of ten suspects in an isolated island mansion is a killer. Who is It?
- The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
- The award winning bing play of Mary Chase came to television in 1958. It tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Art Carney), a personable chap who drinks a little, and befriends a "pookah", a six foot rabbit he calls "Harvey". Unfortunately, his sister and main caregiver Veta Louise Simmons formation Lorne, and her spinster daughter Myrtle Mae, have had Elwood's condition negatively affect their social lives. Elwood's engaging personality with its one flaw creates problems for those around him. So his sister, thinking it is in his best interests, seeks a cure for her brother's problem. But nothing is ever that simple.
- In Connecticut in September 1923, the lives of three people collide: Josie, a domineering Irish woman with a quick tongue and a ruined reputation, her conniving father, tenant farmer Phil Hogan, and James Tyrone, Jr., Hogan's landlord and drinking companion, a cynical alcoholic haunted by the death of his mother.
- This television docudrama series traces the career of John Dean, President Nixon's special counsel.